The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

The Homecoming: A Christmas Story

7.3 | 1971-12-19 | Drama Family TV Movie

It's Christmas Eve, early 1930s on Walton's Mountain. As the family prepares for the holiday, they anxiously await Pa's return home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. He is late, and Ma and the grandparents hear on the radio a report of a bus accident that worries them. Oldest son John-Boy must step up to help grandfather cut down a Christmas tree, and upon learning the concern about Daddy sets out to find him.

Featured Crew

Fielder Cook Director
Earl Hamner, Jr. Teleplay
Earl Hamner, Jr. Novel
Max Stein Assistant Director
Harold Lewis Sound Mixer
Robert Harris Jr. Costumer
Betsy Cox Costumer
Edward O. Denault Production Manager
Morton Stevens Music Supervisor
Robert L. Jacks Producer

Cast

Patricia Neal
Patricia Neal
Olivia Walton
Richard Thomas
Richard Thomas
John-Boy Walton
Edgar Bergen
Edgar Bergen
Ebenezer Walton
Ellen Corby
Ellen Corby
Esther Walton
Dorothy Stickney
Dorothy Stickney
Emily Baldwin
Josephine Hutchinson
Josephine Hutchinson
Mamie Baldwin
William Windom
William Windom
Charlie Snead
Cleavon Little
Cleavon Little
Hawthorne Dooley
Andrew Duggan
Andrew Duggan
John Walton
David Huddleston
David Huddleston
Sheriff Ep Bridges

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